2022 Central League Climax Series

The 2022 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The First Stage began on October 8 and the Final Stage concluded on October 14. The First Stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Yokohama DeNA BayStars and the third-place Hanshin Tigers. The Final Series was a best-of-six with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, the Central League champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the Tigers, the winner of the First Stage. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows advanced to face the 2022 Pacific League Climax Series winner in the 2022 Japan Series with a 4-0 sweep of the Tigers.

2022 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hanshin Tigers (2) Akihiro Yano 68–71–4 (.489), 12 GB Yokohama DeNA BayStars (1) Daisuke Miura 73–68–2 (.518), 8 GB
Dates	October 8–10
Television	TBS Channel 2 (CS/BS)
Radio	Nippon Broadcasting System
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Tokyo Yakult Swallows (4) Shingo Takatsu 80–59–4 (.576), 8 GA Hanshin Tigers (0) Akihiro Yano 68–71–4 (.489), 12 GB
Dates	October 12–14
MVP	José Osuna (Yakult)
Television	Fuji TV ONE Fuji Network (BS, Game 1) TV Asahi (BS, Game 2)
Radio	Nippon Broadcasting System
← 2021 Climax Series 2023 → 2022 PLCS               2022 Japan Series

First stage

Summary

Hanshin won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 8	Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0	Yokohama Stadium	3:34	33,033[1]
2	October 9	Hanshin Tigers – 0, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1	Yokohama Stadium	2:48	33,037[2]
3	October 10	Hanshin Tigers – 3, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2	Yokohama Stadium	3:19	32,977[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2022, 2:01 pm (JST) at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
DeNA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
WP: Koyo Aoyagi (1–0)   LP: Shota Imanaga (0–1)   Sv: Atsuki Yuasa (1) Attendance: 33,033 Boxscore

Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 2:01 pm (JST) at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DeNA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	5	0
WP: Shinichi Ohnuki (1–0)   LP: Masashi Ito (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1) Attendance: 33,037 Boxscore

Game 3

Monday, October 10, 2022, 2:00 pm (JST) at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	6	2
DeNA	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Yuta Iwasada (1–0)   LP: Haruhiro Hamaguchi (0–1)   Sv: Atsuki Yuasa (2) Home runs: HAN: Teruaki Sato (1) YDB: Toshiro Miyazaki (1) Attendance: 32,977 Boxscore

Final stage

Summary

Yakult won the series, 4–0*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Hanshin Tigers – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 7	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:03	26,499[4]
2	October 13	Hanshin Tigers – 3, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 5	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:49	26,071[5]
3	October 14	Hanshin Tigers – 3, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 6	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:39	29,343[6]

* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 6:00 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	9	0
Yakult	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	7	7	0
WP: Yasuhiro Ogawa (1–0)   LP: Yuki Nishi (0–1) Home runs: HAN: None YAK: José Osuna (1), Domingo Santana (1) Attendance: 26,499 Boxscore

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	11	1
Yakult	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	X	5	7	1
WP: Cy Sneed (1–0)   LP: Shintaro Fujinami (0–1)   Sv: Scott McGough (1) Home runs: HAN: None YAK: Munetaka Murakami (1), Hideki Nagaoka (1), José Osuna (2) Attendance: 26,071 Boxscore

Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	8	2
Yakult	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	X	6	5	0
WP: Kazuto Taguchi (1–0)   LP: Koyo Aoyagi (0–1)   Sv: Scott McGough (2) Attendance: 29,343 Boxscore